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welcome to the programme. since donald trump left office, he has been in a seemingly endless web of investigations and legal cases. alongside the investigations into his role in the january 6th riots and attempts to overturn the election, there is also an ongoing criminal probe into the trump organization for tax and bank fraud allegations. and today, the heat was turned up in that case. the companys former chief financial officer allen weisselberg plead guilty to conspiring with the c...

A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. Lawyer would have done what Jeff Sessions did. He was part of the campaign, you cant oversee an investigation of a campaign you were part of so he had to recuse himself. Shannon why does the president get that . I dont know. Is that a lawyer, he is frustrated, he thinks this is a witchhunt, jeff did the right thing legally but mueller is now very deep into his investigation. This conflict is far beyond mueller and recusal. ...

Appointments, we serve at the pleasure of the president so i find it quite frankly wrong for the senate to reject the idea that donald trump cant replace his attorney general. >> you are saying before the midterms no way. >> we dont have enough time, we have brett cavanagh, an election coming up and i say this loving jeff sessions but for the countrys sake and the department of justices say, we need somebody that can have the trust of the president. this relationship is going to get better or re...

But youre down to 48 for the republicans and then you would be short. remember, were talking about democrats here, too. a lot of democrats running for reelection this year in states donald trump carried in 2016, some by giant margins. so manchin, west virginia. up for reelection, trump won by 42. heitkamp in north dakota, trump took it by 36. donnelly in indiana, trump took it by 20. donnelly, heitkamp, manchin, they voted for neil gorsuch last year, theyre vasing voters in these states so if yo...

Murkowski, thats an ugly four but youre down to 48 for the republicans and then you would be short. remember, were talking about democrats here, too. a lot of democrats running for reelection this year in states donald trump carried in 2016, some by giant margins. so manchin, west virginia. up for reelection, trump won by 42. heitkamp in north dakota, trump took it by 36. donnelly in indiana, trump took it by 20. donnelly, heitkamp, manchin, they voted for neil gorsuch last year, theyre vasing v...

Consumers more choice for lower premiums. critics say this will bring in young, healthy people who want smaller plans and lead to more trouble for obamacare, which will be stuck with the sickest and highest cost patients. the president pushed back on those critics and an interview today that was published with "forbes" magazine pushing back on the notion that the struggles of former president barack obamas signature domestic achievement are his fault somehow. the president declaring what we are ...

>> bret: there is an interesting development with the politics. if you look at democrats. the national journal pointing out six red state senate democrats up for reelection in 2018, not one came out for more gun control. joe manchin cosponsored legislation has been notably quiet. heidi heitkamp voted against background checks and has no interest in bringing up gun control. she notes the politics of missouri that are than the armchair pundits. interesting take. >> i think democrats have concluded...

Youve got flake using phrases like areas we agree on. what are those areas and why are they not reaching out to the president because they are eating their own right now. >> dan: the problem i have with flake, he took a lot of money from conservatives, he was a tea party aligned outfit, people devoted a lot of time and money to get him elected. when it mattered, when it comes to criticizing people, he seems to allocate most of his energy towards trump. the real battle to me is it versus the demo...

A poll just came out today with his democratic challenger where someone who will be announcing, theyre in a neck and neck race. he has a lot to lose, but he is not going to let an outside groups ad influence his campaign promise to the state of nevada. >> and the state was won by hillary clinton. youre right. he is in an interesting spot here. simone, alice said she didnt think was going to be influenced be. ah group said it was investing $1.3 million on a television and radio and digital advert...

>> some democrats do have their minds made up. we look at ten senate democrats up for reelection next year in states that trump won. at least two of them sherrod brown and baldwin, say theyre not going to vote to confirm him. those two are out. but if you talk to joe manchin who visited with the judge, they want to review his records and those who are extreme political pressure to confirm him. whether there are eight. there are definitely senators open to them. and also, we have to look at not o...